East Side Locos Tagger - MadTV [PL]

Recycling Old Mattresses Into Giant Food Sculptures

The Art Of Bringing People Together

.::Brochure - Campaign Awareness::.

( will edit for typos and design feedback received on May 24th) 

*Sponsors are "Potential Sponsors"

*Hotline & Website are Fictional

.::May 24th Presentation::.

.::Book Report::.

.::Final Presentation::.

.::Visual Storytelling Poster::.

.::New referred Expert::.

At the end of the call with Brigitte Cook she referred me to an expert that has done some research on the subject. (I was asked to keep the name concealed for own personal purposes while talking about the expert and any other related connections.)

In a presentation I was able to attend, gave focus to the two factors of the graffiti epidemic in Oakland. The two main key terms "Running" and "Graffiti Tourism" were part of the main discussion.

"Comprehensive deterrence plan — the city is a "Running" city
"Running" is a term that refers to how long a graffiti is still staying up ex. 1-4 years is  "running"

"Graffiti Tourism" — Gang Graffiti (there are over 80 graffiti crews)

.::Call with Panel Expert::.

Today I had a phone conversation with one of my panel of experts, Brigitte Cook, she gave great insight in what is happening in the Oakland community regarding illegal graffiti...

"It is happening organically in West Oakland"
"Targeted to small businesses"
  — Police Reports are constantly made

Extortion to the African American community — they do not want murals.

LA / Brooklyn appearance brought to Oakland - How to avoid it?

**Is it something people want to see?**

Disrespect by taggers
— Taggers that are not from Oakland disrespecting the city.

Another form of Gentrification.

It is Costly + Manpower

25th and 26th MLK
$1,000 (cost to) small churches
this is detracting from doing business

The case of Mother Right - (Homeless feeding Organization)
Vandalized the building costing thousand of dollars to fix, taking away from the money they could be using for their cause.

[At the end of call she referred me to another potential expert.]

.::Product Service System Design Concept Review::.

.::Design Guide Presentation::.

.::Andy from DragonSchool99::.

Today I talked to Anderson Gin (Andy), he was very supportive and helpful. He talked about his program and the goal running this program. DragonSchool99 "The goal of this project is to paint 99 golden dragons on the buildings of Oakland's Chinatown. Part beautification, part community unification, the project was conceptualized by Doctor Dragon, a street artist with ties to Chinatown. The project brings together students and other volunteers to paint the dragons. Student participation is a key component of the project, helping to build pride for the community in which they live. With the active participation of members of the community, we are creating a sustainable movement to maintain and improve Oakland Chinatown's identity." DragonSchool99

.::EastSide Arts Alliance Mural Progress::.

                                                                             

.::Text from Regina Davis for a New Referred Source::.

Today Regina Davis contacted me though text to give me a new source for my project. Brigitte Cook, Regina said to contact her regarding designated of 14th Street as Black Arts Movement. I called her and now I'm waiting for a return call or I will call again later.

.::Design Process::.

On this class meeting Professor Gomes discussed the remaining deliverables for our research project. He also reminded us about the four stages of this project, letting us know what stage we are working on right now. With this class meeting it became clear what we were expected to have ready by the end of this month and what was to follow by May.

.::Phone Interview with Fuming Guerilla Productions::.

Today I had a phone interview with Fuming Guerilla Productions, this interview gave me a new perspective and directed me to a different path to my potential approached solution. I was also advised to reword my problem statement as it may sound negative and would be problematic. "Eradicating" graffiti art will be difficult to transmit to the public. It was also advised to refrain from calling it Street-Art, and to just call it Art. Fuming Guerrilla Productions is one of the programs that facilitates indoor and outdoor art, they work with many artists in the city and work with international known artists.  Fuming Guerilla Productions

.::EastSide Arts Alliance Mural Progress::.

.::New Mural in Downtown Oakland (Update)::.

For full story and updates on final mural check out BiP Graffiti instagram account. 

.::New Mural in Downtown Oakland::.

As I was making my way to my meeting with Dun3garb I noticed that a new mural was going up on 17th and Broadway. 

At this point I am not sure who is involved but I will come back to check it out again.  

.::Meeting with Dun3garb::.

Art on LOST&FOUND in Downtown Oakland by Ernest Doty 

Met today with Dun3garb a street artist, he gave me great input on what things to think about while working on this project, and what sources to look for and view. This meeting was very helpful. The stickers on the picture are his work he let me have them. dun3garb IG

.::Phone Interview with Regina Davis::.

I was able to have a phone interview with Regina Davis, one of the recommended people by

 Prof. Gomes, she was of course very helpful and very knowledgeable on the subject. We talked about the project's supply and demand, different murals going up in places in Downtown Oakland. We will have a follow-up and discuss more of what we both thought about the final product design.  

.::Meeting with Brook::.

Brook is someone I met through Instagram. She likes to document street art and she is well connected to some of the local artist. She also has a lot of knowledge of what is going around in Downtown Oakland since 2000 to now. She knows of  businesses that have been affected with illegal graffiti and turned their business around with the help of street artists covering their wall with a better visual for their business. Our talk really helped me understand what I needed to do, who I needed to connect with and what I needed to do more research on. I will meet with her again to take a street art tour and talk to some of the local businesses that she mentioned.

.::EastSide Arts Alliance New Mural::.

Today as I was walking down Fruitvale I saw that a group were working on a mural. I stopped to talk to someone that looked familiar. It was an old acquaintance from High School, Leslie, she works with East Side Arts Alliance. I spoke to her about my project and how I was trying to contact Elena Serrano, she told me that they were going to work on that mural for a while that I could stop by and talk to the artist while the mural was in process and to visit EastSide Arts Alliance. 

I will post more pictures of their mural progress.